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After the recent Gorilla vs Grizzly thread I think this is needed: Gorilla myth busting

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Claim 1: A gorilla can definitely kill any animal below 400 lbs easily and still put up a good fight for those above that weight class The truth: Forest leopards in Africa are known to kill gorillas, and while rare, the current record is skewed heavily in favor of the leopard coming out the better in these encounters.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

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Anyway, one of the babblers of Sepilok is the Bornean Black-capped Babbler – the result of a split of the Black-capped Babbler (well, at least from a human perspective – the birds themselves are probably quite nonchalant about it). At Sepilok, it can be hard to avoid taking photos of some non-birds, such as primates.